Fairhill, Philadelphia

Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was home to Mayor Isaac Norris' family's Fair Hill estate, and it began to develop an urban character in the 1880s. Many of the new residents at the time were German Catholic immigrants. However, the demographics of the area began to change during the 1950s, with African-Americans and Puerto Rican Hispanics moving into the neighborhood as the German-Americans moved out. By 2010, Fairhill was 80.2% Hispanic, 15.1% black, 2.3% white, 1.4% Asian, and 1% other.